Lake Roosevelt

We (Papa, Mama, & Baby) headed over to Eastern Washington last weekend to meet up with Nana & Randpa Toyk. Nana was making some curtains for a client of grandpa's who has a cabin on Lake Roosevelt. It took us a little longer to get there because we kept having to get out and walk around to keep this little one happy:

We met up in Ft. Spokane, transferred the load from the cars to the boat and headed over to the cabin. Apparently that is the quick way to do it. The long way includes a 35 mile drive on dirt roads. This cabin was pretty cool, especially for being in the middle of nowhere. It had solar panels, a generator, propane, and a wood stove. It had a flushing toilet and an outdoor shower. There were no telephone wires, no internet service, and sporadic cell phone service.

Maria LOVED the boat ride over to the cabin, being out of her car seat after a 6 hour drive, and the wind in her face. She's like a little puppy when it comes to the wind in her face... she really enjoys it. She also loved riding the 4-wheeler. Whenever she was a little fussy we'd take her for a ride and she'd cheer right up.

We unpacked and took some time to breath in the fresh mountain/lake air. .

bottom left: the neighbors runway. bottom right: the dirt road in.

We arrived there Saturday evening and left Wednesday morning. During those days there was plenty of relaxing, reading, nap taking, curtain making, four wheeling, picture taking, boat rides, fishing, and log cutting.

A few times Marco and I went out riding... sometimes together on the 4-wheeler, sometimes he took the dirt bike.

A couple of times I brought my camera and made him stop so I could take some nature pics:

For one of Maria's naps she fell asleep like this for more than 3 hours!!

There wasn't any real grass around the cabin so it was difficult figuring out what to do with Maria. If we put her down on a blanket she'd be off it in a jiff, and we didn't feel like getting up that often. So we tried putting her in her travel crib... aka. play pen and she loved it. She just sat in there playing with her toys, screaming and laughing. it was great. I think I'm going to use it so that I can garden and she won't eat the grass.

Some points of interest....

if you're using a charcoal grill, wait until the coals are completely ready. steaks that taste like smoke are not good.
if you have to use the bathroom in the middle of a night, when you're out in the middle of nowhere, take a flashlight... it gets dark.
shut the screen door so mosquito's don't get in.
if the men are bored and just can't relax, more firewood might just be needed.
fishing is not exciting.